Mary McCulloch

1866-

 siblings

Sarah McCulloch 1864

 Mary McCulloch1866

 Ann J McCulloch1869

 Charles McCulloch1870

 James McCulloch1872

 Patrick McCulloch1875

 Kate McCulloch1878

Although family tradition has her walking from Glencoe, Scotland with her mother, when they were thrown off their croft, she is clearly shown as being born in Liverpool.  Her mother is, by repute, Catherine McBurnie, however no marriages can be found in this name and no births have been found with this mother's name.

One birth of a Mary McCulloch has been traced with the father Charles McCulloch.  This Charles has a wife with the maiden name of Catherine Sheridan.   Liverpool births have been checked for possible children, Charles and James.  They have been found, Ann(ie) is not yet traced.  Both Charles and James have the parents Charles McCulloch and Catherine Sheriden.  The address given, when Charles is born in 1870 and James in 1872, is 23 Mann Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, where my confirmed people are in the 1871 census.  This is undoubtedly my line.

There are two Sheridan families in Roxburgh in 1891, one of which has members born in Berwick.  This needs tracing further).

Mary McCulloch's mother, Catherine, was varyingly born in Scotland (1871), Berwickshire (1881) or Roxburgh (1891) according to census returns. This is nowhere near Glencoe and it may be that the story applies to an earlier generation or a relative. Various McCullochs are found in Liverpool, living close in some census, mostly born Scotland or Ireland, also some cohabitees born Edinburgh and these need checking.

1871 Mary (aged 5) is first found in Liverpool in 1871 at 23 Mann Street, with her parents and elder sister Sarah.

1875  assumed to be with parents at 2 Court, Cooper Street when Charles is born in March

1881 although the spelling of the surname has changed (census taker ?) the family are at 72 Henderson St, Toxteth, Liverpool. Mary is a scholar aged 13.

1885 Mary marries George Byrd, a rivetter aged 21 on 2 August 1885 at Liverpool Parish Church. Mary gives her age as 19 ( which appears to be correct). She is a spinster. Their address is Shannon Street, which is a small street close to Brownlow Hill in Liverpool near to the site of what is now the Catholic Cathedral. The witnesses are Francis James Temple and Catherine Watts. (In the 1881 census only one Francis Temple is to be found in Liverpool, he is living in Toxteth at 80 Henderson Street and is a rivetter, clearly he could be known to George and is living close to Mary. Catherine Watts cannot be traced). The marriage is short lived due to the death of George. They have one child, Martha Byrd, who is found with Mary in her second marriage, varyingly as a daughter or stepdaughter to Hugh Edwards.

1889 Mary marries Hugh Edwards. They give their address as 20 Wellington Terrace, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. (Liverpool Dec qtr 1889 8b 464). Witnesses are R.Harrison and M.Daley, not reliable data can be found to positively identify these witnesses.

1891 Mary and Hugh are at 27 Wolfe Street, 29 January 1891, both for the birth of Hugh (jnr.) and the census on April 5th. Mary is now 24. They already have a daughter, Jane Edwards, who would have been born around 1890.  This is 'Auntie Ginnie' as she became known.

1901 10 Wolfe Street, Toxteth, Liverpool for the census, and they now have Jane(11), Hugh (10), Elizabeth(4) and Henry(2). John (born 1901) is not yet born. Martha Bird is with them aged 14, shown as a step-daughter to Hugh.

1905 they are still at 10 Wolfe Street, for the birth of Mary Edwards.

Notes:
One of Mary's sisters is supposed to have had a child called Arthur Grant (Jane McCulloch suggested.  This could be the Jane born about 1890 thus a marriage circa 1910 might be possible, but no Jane McCulloch marriage is yet found)

year

 Address

stated age

 source

proof

calc
born

1866

 2 Combermere Street. Toxteth Park

 0

birth

 1866

1871

 23 Mann Street, with parents (02/04/1871)

5

census

1866

1875

 assumed 2 Court, Cooper Street, Toxteth Park Liverpool

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birth Patrick

-

1881

 72 Henderson St, Toxteth, Liverpool

13

census

1868

1885

 Shannon Street, marriage to George Byrd (02/08/1885)

19

marriage

1866

1889

 20 Wellington Terrace, Toxteth Park (marriage to Hugh Edwards)

23

certificate

1866

1891

 27 Wolfe Street, 29 January 1891

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Hugh's birth

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1891

 27 Wolfe Street, Toxteth - (census data)

24

census

1867

1901

 10 Wolfe Street, Toxteth, Liverpool (now Mary Edwards)

35

census

1866

1905

 10 Wolfe Street, Toxteth, 25/04/1905

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birth Mary

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